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[CITE: 10USC178]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
            PART I--ORGANIZATION AND GENERAL MILITARY POWERS
 
               CHAPTER 7--BOARDS, COUNCILS, AND COMMITTEES
 
Sec. 178. The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of 
        Military Medicine
        
    (a) There is authorized to be established a nonprofit corporation to 
be known as the Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of 
Military Medicine (hereinafter in this section referred to as the 
``Foundation'') which shall not for any purpose be an agency or 
instrumentality of the United States Government. The Foundation shall be 
subject to the provisions of this section and, to the extent not 
inconsistent with this section, the Corporations and Associations 
Articles of the State of Maryland.
    (b) It shall be the purpose of the Foundation (1) to carry out 
medical research and education projects under cooperative arrangements 
with the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, (2) to 
serve as a focus for the interchange between military and civilian 
medical personnel, and (3) to encourage the participation of the 
medical, dental, nursing, veterinary, and other biomedical sciences in 
the work of the Foundation for the mutual benefit of military and 
civilian medicine.
    (c)(1) The Foundation shall have a Council of Directors (hereinafter 
in this section referred to as the ``Council'') composed of--
        (A) the Chairmen and ranking minority members of the Committee 
    on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services 
    of the House of Representatives (or their designees from the 
    membership of such committees), who shall be ex officio members,
        (B) the Dean of the Uniformed Services University of the Health 
    Sciences, who shall be an ex officio member, and
        (C) four members appointed by the ex officio members of the 
    Council designated in clauses (A) and (B).

    (2) The term of office of each member of the Council appointed under 
clause (C) of paragraph (1) shall be four years, except that--
        (A) any person appointed to fill a vacancy occurring before the 
    expiration of the term for which his predecessor was appointed shall 
    be appointed for the remainder of such term; and
        (B) the terms of office of members first taking office shall 
    expire, as designated by the ex officio members of the Council at 
    the time of the appointment, two at the end of two years and two at 
    the end of four years.

    (3) The Council shall elect a chairman from among its members.
    (d)(1) The Foundation shall have an Executive Director who shall be 
appointed by the Council and shall serve at the pleasure of the Council. 
The Executive Director shall be responsible for the day-to-day 
operations of the Foundation and shall have such specific duties and 
responsibilities as the Council shall prescribe.
    (2) The rate of compensation of the Executive Director shall be 
fixed by the Council.
    (e) The initial members of the Council shall serve as incorporators 
and take whatever actions as are necessary to establish under the 
Corporations and Associations Articles of the State of Maryland the 
corporation authorized by subsection (a).
    (f) Any vacancy in the Council shall not affect its powers, but 
shall be filled in the same manner in which the original designation or 
appointment was made.
    (g) In order to carry out the purposes of this section, the 
Foundation is authorized to--
        (1) enter into contracts with, accept grants from, and make 
    grants to the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences 
    for the purpose of carrying out cooperative enterprises in medical 
    research, medical consultation, and medical education, including 
    contracts for provision of such personnel and services as may be 
    necessary to carry out such cooperative enterprises;
        (2) enter into contracts with public and private organizations 
    for the writing, editing, printing, and publishing of books and 
    other material;
        (3) take such action as may be necessary to obtain patents and 
    licenses for devices and procedures developed by the Foundation and 
    its employees;
        (4) accept, hold, administer, invest, and spend any gift, 
    devise, or bequest of real or personal property made to the 
    Foundation;
        (5) enter into contracts with individuals, public or private 
    organizations, professional societies, and government agencies for 
    the purpose of carrying out the functions of the Foundation;
        (6) enter into such other contracts, leases, cooperative 
    agreements, and other transactions as the Executive Director 
    considers appropriate to conduct the activities of the Foundation; 
    and
        (7) charge such fees for professional services furnished by the 
    Foundation as the Executive Director determines reasonable and 
    appropriate.

    (h) A person who is a full-time or part-time employee of the 
Foundation may not be an employee (full-time or part-time) of the 
Federal Government.
    (i) The Council shall transmit to the President annually, and at 
such other times as the Council considers desirable, a report on the 
operations, activities, and accomplishments of the Foundation.

(Added Pub. L. 98-36, Sec. 2(a), May 27, 1983, 97 Stat. 200; amended 
Pub. L. 98-132, Sec. 2(a)(1), Oct. 17, 1983, 97 Stat. 849; Pub. L. 101-
189, div. A, title VII, Sec. 726(b)(2), Nov. 29, 1989, 103 Stat. 1480; 
Pub. L. 104-106, div. A, title XV, Sec. 1502(a)(2), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 
Stat. 502; Pub. L. 106-65, div. A, title X, Sec. 1067(1), Oct. 5, 1999, 
113 Stat. 774.)


                               Amendments

    1999--Subsec. (c)(1)(A). Pub. L. 106-65 substituted ``and the 
Committee on Armed Services'' for ``and the Committee on National 
Security''.
    1996--Subsec. (c)(1)(A). Pub. L. 104-106 substituted ``Committee on 
Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on National Security of 
the House of Representatives'' for ``Committees on Armed Services of the 
Senate and the House of Representatives''.
    1989--Subsec. (g)(1). Pub. L. 101-189 inserted ``, accept grants 
from, and make grants to'' after ``contracts with''.
    1983--Pub. L. 98-132, Sec. 2(a)(1)(A), inserted ``The Henry M. 
Jackson'' before ``Foundation'' in section catchline.
    Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 98-132, Sec. 2(a)(1)(B), inserted ``Henry M. 
Jackson''.

                         Change of Name

    Section 1 of Pub. L. 98-132 provided: ``That (a) the Foundation for 
the Advancement of Military Medicine established pursuant to section 178 
of title 10, United States Code, shall be designated and hereafter known 
as the `Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military 
Medicine', in honor of the late Henry M. Jackson, United States Senator 
from the State of Washington. Any reference to the Foundation for the 
Advancement of Military Medicine in any law, regulation, document, 
record, or other paper of the United States shall be held and considered 
to be a reference to the `Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the 
Advancement of Military Medicine'.
    ``(b) The Council of Directors referred to in subsection (c) of 
section 178 of such title shall take such action as is necessary under 
the Corporations and Associations Articles of the State of Maryland to 
amend the corporate name of the Foundation for the Advancement of 
Military Medicine established under such section to reflect the 
designation made by the first sentence of subsection (a).''

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 2113 of this title.
